It was somewhere where I used to listen to some jukebox or machine, as I used to call it then, playing instrumental/orchestral versions of international hits...
As a child I used to really enjoy those science fiction movies and TV series. Perhaps the track with the biggest impact was the
Dr Who theme. Still never ceases to amaze me. To correct people it was written by Ron Grainer but realized by Delia Derbyshire. IMHO the latter carries the biggest merit for its original sound.
During the 70s there was a lot of electronic music that could be picked up on the European airwaves. These synth tracks have already been mentioned here such as
Popcorn,
Autobahn,
War of the Worlds and
Oxygene. I would also add
Pulstar,
Equinoxe,
Magic Fly and the vocal led
Manureva and
I Hear You Now. I used to hum these a lot.
The disco scene arrived with tracks like
I Feel Love and
Supernature which also became favourites of mine. Until 1979 when Chris C began to listen to the UK charts. When
Are Friends Electric? came out it had a lot of meaning to me and followed it up the charts until it got to Number 1. In those days I couldn't afford to buy records so, it was until 1981 when I made synth music my hobby forever. That year the first records I bought were, curiously enough,
Architecture & Morality,
Visage and
Vienna.
In 1983 I discovered John. Bought
The Garden + Church, and the
Your Dress and
Endlessly singles, roughly at the same time, and they literally blew me away! Buying the rest of his back catalogue that year sent me head over heels in space!
Chris C
